Fall Stocking

[ratherbe]

Not sure if this is published anywhere or not but i've heard the fish ave is pretty large this year, so they are looking for extra drivers. Trucks will be at "capacity".... ave size was about 14" & Scheduled for first week in Oct. Im sure more details will be available this week

[UglyStick]

Right here on F&W interweb...

Fall stocking begins Tuesday, October 13 in 2015... approximately 20,000 two-year old fish, averaging 14 to 22 inches

http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/trtinfo_fall.htm

[AndyS]

If it is anything like last fall they will be stocking 4 and 5 pound fish in 3" deep puddles of water, get the treble hooks ready !!!!

[Skunk City]

I am fairly new to the Trout thing, but don't they usually stock more places than are listed? I can remember a few parks close to me (Verona Park, Barbour's Pond) getting stocked in the fall the past two years, yet they are not listed.

[Mark B.]

Originally Posted by Skunk City

I am fairly new to the Trout thing, but don't they usually stock more places than are listed? I can remember a few parks close to me (Verona Park, Barbour's Pond) getting stocked in the fall the past two years, yet they are not listed.

Those are Winter Trout stocked,.........around Thanksgiving.

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/trtinfo_winter.htm

[Skunk City]

Originally Posted by Mark B.

Those are Winter Trout stocked,.........around Thanksgiving.

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/trtinfo_winter.htm

Ahhh ok, cool. Thank you for the clarification.

[Dave B.]

Originally Posted by AndyS

If it is anything like last fall they will be stocking 4 and 5 pound fish in 3" deep puddles of water....

As much as I hate to see it, the reality is you're right. The truth is, if we don't get some serious, prolonged precip soon it may actually be worse than last fall! Fortunately at least a few places will benefit from float and/or other types of dispersal stockings.

[AndyS]

Gawd forbid they should put them in a big river currently being supplied by Round Valley !!!!!

[Lard Almighty]

Originally Posted by Dave B.

As much as I hate to see it, the reality is you're right. The truth is, if we don't get some serious, prolonged precip soon it may actually be worse than last fall! Fortunately at least a few places will benefit from float and/or other types of dispersal stockings.

Didn't they cancel the pond stocking one year because of high temps? I know it's the stockers' call, if conditions are bad, they won't put fish in.

[Dave B.]

Originally Posted by AndyS

Gawd forbid they should put them in a big river currently being supplied by Round Valley !!!!!

Actually the N. Br. in Somerset Co. is scheduled to receive 940 on Tue Oct 13, and the S. Br. including the KLG TCA is slated for a total of 2,620 on Fri Oct 16, so both waters currently being supplied by the reservoirs will be getting ample fish in their respective publicly accessible reaches.

The Musky will, as you know be getting a dispersal stocking via a number of volunteers as will some sections of the BFB. I'm not aware of any other float/dispersal stockings at this time, but both of these latter 2 streams while presently suffering from low flows are still quite cold enough and contain enough suitable habitat to sustain these fish very well and make for some decent fishing.